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TIL JFK’s “year-round tan” was caused by Addison’s disease.

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epAbJ TIL the average's person's metabolism doesn't decline until their 60s
N79ae TIL SOS doesn't actually stand for anything at all, it's just very distinctive and easy to write in Morse code
N7oN TIL that Bobby Fischer played the “Game of the Century” in tournament play in which he sacrificed his queen and won the game. And he was 13years old when it did it.
Gr44 TIL that your fingerprint is not protected under the 5th amendment. Therefore police can force you to unlock a phone with fingerprint locks, but not password locks
ADOp4 TIL that the night before the Miracle on Ice, American goalie Jim Craig and Soviet star forward Sergei Markov played the arcade game "Centipede" at the Olympic Village. The two could barely speak in each other's language, so they communicated with nods and laughs.